LEFÖ

LEFÖ – Information, Education and Support for Migrant Women

LEFÖ is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation founded in 1985 by a group of politically exiled Latin American women living in Vienna. LEFึÖ is committed to advocate and lobby for the rights of migrant women and aims at enhancing their integration by empowering them to get out of relationsips characterised by violence, addiction and exploitation.

LEFÖ works in the following areas: lobbying, advocacy, networking and public relations; health prevention for migrant sex workers; counselling and education for migrant women from Latin America.

LEFÖ IBF (Intervention Centre for Trafficked Women) was founded in 1998 and is part of LEFÖ specialised to support trafficked women and girls. It offers direct assistance to women affected by trafficking (including legal, social, and psychological counselling and advice, as well as support in the process of recovering their rights, temporary shelter and support in cases of women returning to their home countries).